An update on the tropical disturbance in the western Caribbean is available on the Washington Post's Capital Weather Gang blog:

Caribbean system may become tropical storm Karen and affect Gulf and East coasts

Also, thanks to everyone who read, shared, and helped make Monday's blog post such a big hit.  Even amidst the major government shutdown news yesterday, that article was the 4th most popular item on the entire Washington Post website on Tuesday afternoon!

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